Device for releasing the caps or covers for glass fruit-jars.



G.- E. SEARING. DEVICE FOR RELEASING THE (MIPS 0R COVERS FOR GLASS FRUIT JARS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 6. 1908.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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Device FQR n'naeesme'rfin caes'oaebveae' m ewes FRUiT-JARS.

s a -a of Letters 195mm t m i m, 12, 1909,

' Application filed may; 199s; Serial No. 431,142.

Tb all whom it may bbneem:

Be 1t k n0w1i thatl l, GEORGE E. Seaman,

a' citizen of'the Unitedfitates', residing at Towanda in the county ,of Bradfordfind. State of Pennsylvania;.=l1a ve invented anewand u'seful Device.f01'-.I eleasing the Caps e1 Covers: on Glass Fruit-dare; of which the' follow ng is' a specification.

ing the cajps or e0\'ei 's' 'ot' heriiietieally sealed glass fruit-jars. and has for its object a Slmpie, durable and QfilCiQllt lflttiI-IS of allqwing wan to enter the ftult.jt1l and permitting the easy removal of the cap ,or cover with safety to the "operator without injury tethe jar rnhber ring, or jar vapor cover and do: ing away with the use of knife paints, fork tines and othr methods nmv generally u-sed. in order to en'able theseskilled in the art te make and ,use my invention, I. describe, below the same in detail, referenee beinghad toaeee npanying drawing inwhieh- Flgurel 1s a top view of the device sh'qw- 'ing the ring-shaped 'iietal band arounda jar and the dotted lines shewingposition of 'hladeeafter it has lessened er released the" cap or eovernf jar; F ig. 2,- is'side orver tical vie with the ring shapedn etalband around the t'ip'uf a jar. Fig; 3, .is'detail view of that part of blade having sharpened oi"; beveled end and "also showing thel pesition 01 holes in blade.

-- Similar reference nunierals refer to Similar partsthroughmit the several views."

I-n .s'aid drawing the reference-'11u nieral; 1

indieates'a, n1etal hand, shaped asa ring, -wlnch 1s bent atrightangles near both terminating ends at points inarlged 4 and 4* on said drznving and terminating at points 7, and 7". all'of which is fullyshown in F1g. 2. of sand drawing. 1

Numeral 2.' indipates may 'he eo formed or shafied to make a hane dleof itselfthus doing away 'with separate handle 5. 'The" blade 2. also has-two, hules 8, and 8 inte which the terminals 7. and

'1. of ring shap'edmetal band 1,. en'ter'aind to keep and maintainthe-ring-Shaped band 1.7 in this relative position to hlade.2., the terminating ends 7;and 7 of the ring shaped I metal band 1; are riveted swaged onclenehed after being passedv through the aoi eeana :1

the metal .lblade which is beveled on portioi1'=6. sufficient t make a cutting edgeat 3. 'lh'eblade ex (wient ly'large to admit the bent down ends- 'in-holes and 8. after the tern-iinals T. and.

7"; are riveted, clenched or swaged." It will he noted by referring te'drawingthat the ringhaped metalband'l. terminal 7. enters "llQlGlS, and terminal le'nters hole 8;

\tly u'iventien relatesto a'deviee for'looseni The iniplenient -(n device is operated in the following inanner. The fruit ]tll"L'()\(l' 'or can is first relieved its clamps; catches er taeteni-ngs 1n the usual manner? The implement then held-by the. handle fr:

with therighthand. withthezentting edge 3. bff'hlade 2. on theiri-gl'it' hand side of the jar. tlielnetal hand I. is then' passed down over the'tep of the jar until. it rmnes zip-- proximately.nn hneivitli the rubber band on the fru1t ar,-where it s held in thatpdisitien with the left-l1and,-tlie handle 5,

isztln-n drawn toward the operator which has the thin-fold etleet -0f rapidly-reducing the diameter ef the metal band 1, causing it to grasp or (damp the jar "at point ment;i.0ne'( l alyjdve'and'alsu of causing the euttii'ig edge 3. of blade 2. to press on or close alnngsideot' the'said rubber liand which will admit air to thelineide 0f.tl1e ja 1, thereby loosening ,or releasing the cap .or rover of the' ar.

It will-he noted inhth'e above de'seription of operating the i npleml-gnt, reference is made to holding the handle 5. of the impleinentwith' theright .hand.- In this case and 7 are to be down ward or -on the underside of blade lt ihuwever.'ieebvious that the device llltlyplw. need or operated with the hamllelnn (ht-left.- in whieh case the terminals 7. and 74. should lie uppernlpst or 011 the-upper side ol the blade 2;

the terminals I What: I. cl ima,

1. The-cbinbinationjin a fruit j'ar- ("over area )"leosener or rlea se r (it-metal hand to eneirclea fruit. jar'at the point of rubber band on said jar and att'aehwl m ametal blade fornied'witli'a handle On line 0ndv and a cutting edge on the other end and the metal band atta'ehed to said metal blade-1n Sllt'll 'a manner that when the handle of the blade is given a circular movement. t'ovafan'l the inetal band ()lt'SflbStani-lilllyL116 same plane as the' -Ineta'l,band.- the metal band .will doe 'erense' in' size orzd-ia nter and grip or clasp the'jar. and permit, the said eutting edge of {said blade 710 'prese against or alongside (ifsaid rubber band with sufiicient force to admit air to the inside of the jar, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, a longitudinal plate having a pair of openings Iormed in one'side thereof, and a flexible band adapted to surround and grasp the jar cover havin its ends secured in said openings, the end 0 the plate adjacent the openings being beveled and rounded from the openings to form a cam shaped portion, the

I rotatloiiof the outer end of the plate rocking it on said rounded portion and tightening the band, thus forein the edge of the plate under the cover of tie jar and lifting the same.

In testimony whereof I have 'afiixed my 

